Table 4_4_3-3

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 4_4_3.3
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers to another hospital), age 40 and over, by State, 2000 and 2006
	2006		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	11.2	0.1	15.4	0.1
Arizona	11.2	0.7	16.0	0.9
Arkansas	14.3	1.1	DNC	DNC
California	12.7	0.4	15.8	0.5
Colorado	10.3	0.9	14.0	1.1
Connecticut	10.7	1.0	13.6	1.1
Florida	11.0	0.4	14.0	0.5
Georgia	12.7	0.8	16.5	1.1
Hawaii	12.8	2.2	16.1	2.5
Illinois	10.6	0.5	13.7	0.6
Iowa	11.1	1.0	17.5	1.1
Kansas	13.0	1.1	19.1	1.3
Kentucky	11.7	0.8	18.5	1.1
Maine	10.6	1.8	DNC	DNC
Maryland	12.0	0.8	16.1	1.1
Massachusetts	10.5	0.7	16.6	0.9
Michigan	10.5	0.5	14.5	0.6
Minnesota	10.7	0.8	DNC	DNC
Missouri	12.3	0.6	16.2	0.7
Nebraska	12.2	1.5	DNC	DNC
Nevada	13.2	1.1	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	11.2	1.5	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	11.4	0.7	14.3	0.8
New York	8.3	0.5	10.4	0.7
North Carolina	13.5	0.7	15.4	0.8
Oklahoma	13.2	0.9	DNC	DNC
Oregon	12.7	1.3	14.0	1.6
Rhode Island	11.7	1.9	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	12.4	0.9	14.9	1.2
Tennessee	13.1	0.7	20.3	0.9
Texas	12.7	0.4	17.2	0.5
Utah	13.7	1.3	14.9	1.7
Vermont	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC
Virginia	11.1	0.8	DNC	DNC
Washington	13.1	0.9	17.6	1.1
West Virginia	13.5	1.2	15.2	1.6
Wisconsin	9.4	0.7	15.6	1.0

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score.

DNC - Data were not collected.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1. State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP. Estimates for the total U.S. are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 4_4_3-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/4_heartdiseases/T4_4_3-3.html